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Orbital elements:
2012 EM1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0098 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 357.27246              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43246235     Peri.  200.71278     -0.99865141     +0.05066676
a   1.7318244      Node   342.18021     -0.04088842     -0.90198527
e   0.4242219      Incl.    2.12065     -0.03199209     -0.42878369
P   2.28           H   26.6           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - E25

The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2012 EM1 will make a close pass (7.6 lunar distances, 0.0196 AU), travelling at 6.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th March, 2012 @ 20:15 UT ±00:01.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).